Jaws 3-D (1983)

User Rating:

3.3/10   

Director:

Joe Alves

Writers:

Peter Benchley (novel)
Carl Gottlieb (writer)

Release Date:

22 July 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Reaching new depths of terror.

Plot:

The sons of police chief Brody must protect civilians at a Sea World theme park after a gigantic 35-foot shark becomes trapped in the park.

Plot Keywords:

Part Of Trilogy | Shark Attack | Jaws | Theme Park | Scuba Diving

Awards:

5 nominations

Cast

Dennis Quaid	...	Michael 'Mike' Brody
Bess Armstrong	...	Kathryn Morgan
Simon MacCorkindale	...	Philip FitzRoyce
Louis Gossett Jr.	...	Calvin Bouchard
John Putch	...	Sean Brody
Lea Thompson	...	Kelly Ann Bukowski
P.H. Moriarty	...	Jack Tate
Dan Blasko	...	Dan
Liz Morris	...	Liz
Lisa Maurer	...	Ethel
Harry Grant	...	Shelby Overman
Andy Hansen	...	Silver Bullet
P.T. Horn	...	Funnel Guide
John Edson	...	Bob Woodbury (as John Edson Jr.)
Kaye Stevens	...	Mrs. Kellender

Also Known As:

Jaws 3
Jaws 3 People 0 (USA) (original script title)
Jaws III
Weiße Hai 3, Der (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
Dents de la mer 3 - En relief, Les (France) [fr]
Dents de la mer III, Les (Canada: French title) [fr]
Gran tiburón, El (Spain) [es]
Hajen 3 (Sweden) [sv]
Jaws 3 (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Ralje 3 (Croatia) (DVD title) [hr]
Sagonia tou karharia No 3, Ta (Greece) [el]
Squalo 3, Lo (Italy) [it]
Squalo 3D, Lo (Italy) [it]
Tappajahai 3 (Finland) [fi]
Tubarão III (Brazil) [pt]
Weiße Hai 3-D, Der (West Germany) [de]

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Norway:15 (DVD) | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | UK:12 (DVD rating) (2000) (uncut) | UK:15 (video rating) (1987) (cut) | UK:PG (original rating) (cut) | USA:PG | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-16 (cut) | Finland:K-18

Filming Locations:

Orlando, Florida, USA

Company:

Alan Landsburg Productions

Trivia:

It is a fictional Sea World as featured in the film as the real one is in Orlando, a landlocked city.

Goofs:

Continuity: After the first shark has been captured and is in the holding tank the shark we see in the tank is a brown nurse shark, and not a grayish white shark.

Quotes:

Kathryn Morgan: Overman was killed inside the park. The baby was caught inside the park. It's mother is inside the park.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-04-25)" (2008)

Revenge of the 80's: The sequel meets the 3-D fad.

Jaws 3-D (1983) was not only a sequel to the first two JAWS films, but it was also one of the few movies that took advantage of the rebirth of the 3-D fad that was sweeping Hollywood during the early 80's (see Amityville 3-D and Friday the 13th 3-D). When the film hit the video shelves, they scrapped the whole thing. Why make a 3-D movie in the first place if you're not going to take advantage of it when it's available for the home video market? The video looked bad when it was released as a rental. Many of the scenes that were shot didn't make any sense or were badly projected. The movie did poorly at the box office and after a couple of years, no more mainstream films were presented in 3-D. The movie itself is pretty bad. Only for die hard fans of the JAWS series.

Not recommended, unless they re-release it in 3-D. other than that it's pretty much worthless.